Death... and me

Chapter 3167: What Happened To Them?

Since these experts were trying to increase their cultivation levels as fast as possible, he might as well create a situation where they would come out themselves. What could make experts who were obviously from the higher realms want the most at the moment? Naturally, it would be Divine Stones!

So, he looked into what he could use to bring out the Divine Stone topic all over the world and not look too suspicious. It was during that that he saw the thing about Divine Realm Experts that visited the Mortal Planets every five hundred years.

Truth be told, it wasn't the time for one of them to come down yet. There were a few decades until it happened. Fortunately, that wasn't a fixed period. The time between their visits varied quite a bit, and it just so happened that it would be somewhat around five hundred years.

Rifindio thought about the possibility of the timing being way too good to be true. Unfortunately for him, he didn't have the time to wait. If he stayed on the planet for the next decades until the real visit was to take place, it would be too late. Just do not forget that Rifindio is just thirty-something years old. He can't spend such a long time in the Mortal Realm. His future in the Supreme Palace depended on it.

Without another choice, he pushed his plan forward straight away. He isolated Closal Planet in the Werdlem Network and got the various forces to cooperate with him in secret, all through the power of the Inquisition Hall. So... the news that the Divine Realm Expert was coming and was going to distribute some Divine Stones was only spread in Closal. The other planets didn't know anything about it... because it was all a lie. Well, Giantel Planet was involved in it, but only its Inquisition Hall. The rest of the living beings there didn't know anything.

Then came the idea of how to capture the twins' group. This one was a lot easier to arrange. This kind of Formation might not exist in the Mortal Planets, but it was something pretty simple in the Higher Realms, a Formation Capable of detecting Pocket Dimensional Realms. After all, Pocket Dimensional Realms weren't anything out of the ordinary up there. Rifindio gave Giantel Formations Masters the plans, and they prepared the Formation. Rifindio really did come a long way because of his lack of Bloodline Concentration. He had to use all the means possible to continue receiving resources from the Supreme Palace and not fall too far behind. He became very intelligent quite early compared to his pairs, whether he wanted to or not. Too bad the palace cared little for it with his Bloodline Concentration. Experience? Intelligence? The other Camazotz Bats would eventually gain it with time. Rifindio, however, wouldn't be able to improve his bloodline regardless of how much time passed. As mentioned before, he, too, had access to pills of a similar level to the ones Roan could concoct himself, and Rifindio had used all of them already.

Nonetheless, that intelligence played a part in his strategy. In his investigation of the events in the Inquisition Forging Hall, he came to understand that the twins' group seemed to understand a lot about formations. It made sense, right? After all, how did they take control over all the Formation Cores at once without anyone noticing until it was too late?

Because of that, Rifindio did not tamper with any of the teleport formations in Closal Planet. The twins had been to the continents of the humanoid and demon beast races. He couldn't be certain about where he would find them next. That said, he had Giantel building a formation outside its planet instead.

The formation in Giantel Planet would look into the experts who were teleporting there after they left Closal Planet. So, regardless of who it was, they couldn't change the destination in the middle of their teleport. Finally, much to Rifindio's excitement, he truly caught the twins. He was in doubt if the twins would try to come for the Divine Stones Prizes.

Little did Rifindio know how right he was. Roan did indeed find the timing way too convenient. But in the end, they still decided to go and take a look after confirming that the teleport formation in the Demon Beast City in Closal Planet didn't have anything wrong. Rifindio's whole plan almost failed because of Roan.

After a Pocket Dimensional Realm was detected, the twins' teleportation destination was changed midway, sending them to an empty space somewhere else in the same Solar System. There, Rifindio was already waiting for them. As for what happened next, you already know.

Time passed, and the search for Rifindio was eventually dropped. First of all, the Supreme Palace didn't care much about him, so it wasn't a very hard decision for them. If anything, they were happy they got rid of that burden. In the twins' case, it obviously became impossible to tell if they were really faking Werdlem IDs or not since they died together with Rifindio and the other experts inside the formation.

With the experts of the Supreme Palace gone, things slowly came back to normal. The so- called Divine Realm expert news was changed by the Inquisition Hall, saying that it was just a test to see how many experts from Closal would attend. No one understood anything, but the experts from Closal could only accept and return to Closal Planet without complaining.

The Supreme Palace eventually reported back to the Werdlem Main Universe that nothing came out of the investigation regarding Fake Werdlem Stone IDs, which the Main Universe already expected to be the case. Faking Werdlem Stones' IDs was 'obviously impossible,' and they just got confirmation of that.

Another piece of news also spread, though. The Inquisition Hall from Closal Planet reported that they caught the culprit for the Forging Hall destruction and his accomplices, saying they are all dead now. Whether it was true or not, not even the Inquisition Hall could say. After all, Rifindio and the twins' groups disappeared that day in that event. One could only wonder what happened to them.

In the following year, another piece of news came out. Diliy was reported to have joined the Inquisition Hall after that year, with the promise that he would gain a Divine Werdlem Stone later on. No one found it strange since he was reported a year ago to have understood the Fifth Stage of Sword Intent. For what it matters, it was good that someone like him was taken out of the picture. Having to contend against a Fifth Stage Weapon Intent user during the next Millennial Werdlem Stone Contest wasn't something anyone wanted to experience.

Other than that, nothing much really happened. Decades later, the Divine Realm expert came down as scheduled. He ended up going to Trok Planet, another one of the seven inhabited planets of the Solar System. He made his demonstrations, spoke to the experts, taught some who he thought were worth his time, and eventually left a week later. Another expert from the Divine Realm wouldn't come before the next Divine Werdlem Stone Competition anyway, so it didn't matter anymore.

Soon, a hundred years went by, then two hundred, three hundred... By now, no one remembered Rifindio, the twins, the destruction of the Forging Hall, or anything like that. Most living beings alive at that time had already died out of lifespan anyway.

Over four hundred years later, something began to change, though. In the place where Rean, Rifindio, and the others had disappeared, something began to change. Time and Space seemed to contract, as if a door to a different plane was opening.